LITTLE BLACKNOSE: The Story of a Pioneer
by Swift, Hildegarde Hoyt
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good+
- Seller
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Poplar Grove, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1947. Dark red hardcover binding with black letter clean square and tight Illustrated endpapers, interior clean with just a few smudges and a bit of yellowing, binding tight. No writing tears or marks. DJ has some shelfwear, price-clipped, protected from further damage in clean Brodart jacket. 149 pages. Illustrations in orange, black and white. Copyright page states 1929 with the line [1-7-47]. A nice, clean and tight copy in scarce dustjacket. The first little locomotive ever made for the New York Central Railroad had a place of honor in the waiting room of Grand Central Station in New York City for many years. This is the life story of this engine gold in a simple but dramatic manner for children Wonderfully illustrated.. Illus. by Ward, Lynd. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+.
Synopsis
Little Blacknose: The Story of a Pioneer is a children's book written by Hildegarde Hoyt Swift and published in 1929. The book, subtitled “The Story of a Pioneer,” received a Newbery Honor award in 1930. Little Blacknose tells the story of the DeWitt Clinton locomotive, the first steam locomotive to operate in the United States. Told from the perspective of the engine the book includes a brief history of the railway and details about the engine’s life and adventures, from the World’s Fair to Grand Central Station.
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- Bookseller
- Deja Vu Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012964
- Title
- LITTLE BLACKNOSE: The Story of a Pioneer
- Author
- Swift, Hildegarde Hoyt
- Illustrator
- Ward, Lynd
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & Company
- Date Published
- 1947
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens - Picture Books/Favorite Illustrators; Childrens - Chapter Books;
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Jacket
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- Copyright page
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- New
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